"you don't need a uber comp to play civ 4" you are right you don't, but my comp is a few hundred mhz under the required amount, plus my video card is shitty and no games work with it.
the specs:
1.4ghz P4
nvidia TNT2 32MB
i'm sure the game won't run. but its all good i got a ton of other games to play through first. civ games take weeks to satisfy my cravings.